Argas hermanni Audouin, 1826

Distribution

Argas hermanni is here reported from Pakistan for the first time, our specimens having been collected in Buner District (Fig. 3).

Morphological characters

Nymph (Fig. 4, A–F): Body length and width approximately 3.72± 0.2 mm and 2.15± 0.1 mm, respectively; posterior body margin broadly rounded, lateral margins converging slightly; mammillae absent; dorsal and ventral integument consisting of ridges or wrinkled rows radiating unevenly from center of body to periphery; legs arising from anterior two-fifths of body; coxae IV situated anterior to midlength of body; basis capituli large, lacking ventral setae; posthypostomal setae short, not reaching midlength of palpal segment 2; hypostome with bluntly rounded apex, dental formula 2/2, consisting of short and broad denticles arranged in three to five rows; palpal segments 1, 2 and 4 nearly equal in length, but segment 3 about half as long, each palpal segment with a single small seta; genital aperture absent, although closed depression present in genital aperture region.